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Give Climate Change the Name It Deserves: Fossil-Fueled Destruction
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this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2023
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As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
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Probably, but probably there wouldn't be a push for keeping things as they are. No wait! Let's burn even more carbon
Maybe, maybe not. You get what you measure. Bad incentives are a major contributor to the corruption that ultimately led to the downfall of the USSR.
Good policy and incentives make the difference. Capitalism and communism aren't all that different. In practice, they are still largely hierarchical with a few controlling things.